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Post-Storm Deaths Increase

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Heather Haddon

November 5, 2011

An elderly New Jersey couple who had been without power for nearly a week were found dead in their home, the apparent victims of what officials said are the increasingly risky ways people are coping with the aftereffects of last week's rare autumn snowstorm.

Robert Stephens, 84 years old, and his wife, Susanna, 79, were discovered by a relative and a contractor working for Jersey Central Power & Light who had arrived to restore their power Thursday night, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III said Friday....